From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Arts, Daily lifefigurinefig‧u‧rine /ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn, ˈfiɡjəriːn $ ˌfɪɡjəˈriːn/ noun [countable]👁 Image of figurine ADa small model of a person or animal used as a decorationExamples from the Corpusfigurine• Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clayfigurinesdepicting men wearing hip and shoulderpads.• In 1904, a church was erected around the fragilefigurine.• As was the case at Qawrighul, wooden human figurines were also found.• Alarmed, she had hurried to it, to notice immediately that a small jadefigurine was missing.• Carvings of figurines continue to be found, and also monumentalstatues.• This head once formed part of a small figurinecarved from mammothivory.• The figurines come from a number of important sites around the island, some excavated in the 1960s by Professor Christos Doumas.• Remember that these figurines were often painted with red ochre.Originfigurine(1800-1900)FrenchItalianfigurina, from Latinfigura; → FIGURE1
